Fireworks Logo

Trailers...

  • I Am Revathi
  • Jimmy Somerville - Rebelle queer de la pop anglaise
  • Pitch (The)
  • Mother Mary
  • Male Gaze: Heavenly Creatures (The)
  • Out of Love
  • Dashed Lines (The)
  • Boy George & Culture Club
  • Bouchra
  • Apolo
  • No Mercy
  • Night in West Texas
  • Limonov: The Ballad
  • Anything That Moves
  • Maalikaya
  • Discreetest 2000
  • Veins
  • Versailles
  • Zucchini
  • Elena's Shift
  • Invisibles
  • David Delfín. Muestra tu herida
  • Pickled Henry
  • Spiritus: No Business like Dough Business
  • Analogies
  • Juste Xavier
  • Treat Me Like Your Mother
  • Time Was
  • Trans Los Angeles
  • Fallaway
  • Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers
  • Echo Valley
  • Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (The)
  • Chronology of Water (The)
  • Nova & Alice
  • Lookout (The)
  • True Story (A)
  • We Will Find Happiness
  • 10 Dance
  • Red Envelope (The)

Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist

Country: United States, Language: English, 90 mins

  • Director: Kirby Dick
  • Producer: Kirby Dick; Dody Dorn

CGiii Comment

Performance artist Bob Flanagan, who died at 43 of cystic fibrosis, tells his story.

This is not easy viewing - but, behind it lies an incredible philosophy.

The life of a masochist living with a terminal disability - it's illuminating, enlightening and, truly, humbling.


Trailer...

The(ir) Blurb...

Documentary about writer and performance artist Bob Flanagan who died at 43 of cystic fibrosis. His life was indicated by pain from the beginning and he started to develop sadomasochistic practices, which he developed finally into performances.

Cast & Characters

Kathe Burkhart as Interviewer;
Kirby Dick as Interviewer;
Bob Flanagan as Himself;
Sheree Rose as Herself;
Rita Valencia as Interviewer;
Sarah Doucette as Herself